Hi Windstar...I am from NE PA as well! I am relatively new to BYC, too! I have had my chickens for a little over 1 year... this was the first winter that I had them and I really missed the eggs when my girls stopped laying for a couple months! Now they are back into ALMOST full swing! I have hatched six RIRs successfully and I am now hatching six Basques. I am very EGG-CITED about them! I have been having a lot of fun with my girls and they amuse me everyday.